Background Preventive chemotherapy represents a powerful but short-term control strategy
for soil-transmitted helminthiasis. Since humans are often re-infected rapidly, long-term …

Hookworms are soil-transmitted nematode parasites that can reside for many years in the
small intestine of their human hosts; Necator americanus is the predominant infecting …

This study provides an approximate estimate of how much disease can be prevented by
reducing the environmental risks to health. It includes a meta-synthesis of key evidence …

Background Quantifying the burden of parasitic diseases in relation to other diseases and
injuries requires reliable estimates of prevalence for each disease and an analytic …

Objective To estimate the burden of diarrhoeal diseases from exposure to inadequate water,
sanitation and hand hygiene in low‐and middle‐income settings and provide an overview of …

Background A third of the 2· 5 billion people worldwide without access to improved
sanitation live in India, as do two-thirds of the 1· 1 billion practising open defecation and a …

Stunting is a complex and enduring challenge with far‐reaching consequences for those
affected and society as a whole. To accelerate progress in eliminating stunting, broader …

Objective To assess the impact of inadequate water and sanitation on diarrhoeal disease in
low‐and middle‐income settings. Methods The search strategy used C ochrane L ibrary …

Background Poor sanitation is thought to be a major cause of enteric infections among
young children. However, there are no previously published randomized trials to measure …

Objectives This guideline provides global, evidence-informed recommendations on
preventive chemotherapy, as a public health intervention in areas endemic for soil …